Bias Confirmation
- Status
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Neutral
The nightly verdict on this print. Option trades in the 15 minutes after the print are compared with the print price: Confirmed when they moved the way the print-time bias predicted, Opposite when they moved against it, Neutral when the price stayed within ±0.5%, Unconfirmed when no usable ticks were found.
- Outcome
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Neutral
Confirmed: the option ticks after the print agreed with the expected bias. Reversed: they moved against it. Neutral: no directional move. Unconfirmed: no usable ticks. The same indicator is appended to the print's line on the whale feed.
Neutral: expected Bearish, option price after the print stayed within ±0.5%.
- Expected
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Bearish
The directional bias implied at print time: the trade price versus the bid/ask says whether the print was bought or sold, and the contract type (call or put) turns that into Bullish or Bearish.
- Observed
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Neutral
Direction of the option trades in the window after the print: their average price versus the print price reads Up above +0.5%, Down below −0.5%, otherwise Flat. Up on a call or Down on a put is Bullish, the reverse is Bearish, and Flat is Neutral. This per-tick direction sets the verdict.
- Underlying Context
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Bearish
Prior-session close-to-close move of the underlying, read as Bullish above +0.5%, Bearish below −0.5%, otherwise Neutral. Context only — the verdict comes from option ticks after the print.
(prior session; does not set the verdict)
- Confirmation Date
- 2026-09-23
Evidence
- Print
- Traded at $9.96 against a $9.92 bid / $9.94 ask → read as Long.
- Expected
- Long PUT print → Bearish expected.
- Option ticks
- 3 option trades in the 15 min after the print (O:SPY261218P00735000), matched the print to the millisecond. Average price $9.94 vs print $9.96 (-0.17%) → option Flat → Neutral.
- Underlying
- Prior session 2026-09-23 closed -0.72% → Bearish (context only; does not set the verdict).